Reader's Blogs tagged with 'Marquette'

When I went to college back in Wisconsin 30 years ago, I remember standing outside one day with several others on a very cold blustery, snowy, with a 30-40 degree below zero wind chill. One of the students was from Cincinnati, OH., one was from New York State and another from Paris, France. They ...

When I went to college back in Wisconsin 30 years ago, I remember standing outside one day with several others on a very cold blustery, snowy, with a 30-40 degree below zero wind chill. One of the students was from Cincinnati, OH., one was from New York State and another from Paris, France. They ...

Monday August 27th, 2012 – Milwaukee, WI
Living where I do puts me right in the middle between Milwaukee and Chicago, and it’s almost exactly equal in distance to the mile to get to downtown in either city. I have friends and contacts to maintain in both pl...

July 11, 2011 Students in Milwaukee's Marquette Campus were attacked by a mob of up to 15 youths, who I will guess right now were black, the mob shoved them to the ground and robbed them. That was the 2nd incident that day in the area and both attacks seemed to have the same desc...

By Troy SparksIf freshman Vander Blue was a student at Marquette instead of a basketball player, would anybody care about his recent legal situation?Blue was cited for assault and battery from an incident that happened last October, and I think that he will use better judgment the next time aroun...

By Troy SparksWhen I played basketball at the junior college level and we had our banquet, there were only four awards given out: There were offensive, defensive, most valuable and most improved player awards that went to those who earned them.I was surprised when I won the most improved aw...

Last week I wrote an article for the UWM Post, which was published in this week's issue and was released today(I'll leave a link at the bottom of this post.)In it, I looked at the money that conferences recieve as a result of their tournament success and it gave me a new spin on both the college ...

Dear Santa,Milwaukee has been a good little city this year. Since she has a difficult time unifying her voice, please accept this list of wishes on her behalf.Merry Christmas!John Milwaukee's Christmas List 1) More jobs that pay sustainable wages 2) UWM building their School of Public ...